Cut of the Week 01/08/10

Remember Ska?

Despite the fact that ska music dates back the 1960s as the precursor of rockseady and reggae music, in the early-mid 1990s there was a huge ska revival, known as Third Wave Ska. Bands such as Hepcat, Toasters, Sublime, Less Than Jake and Voodoo Glow Skulls enjoyed their heyday as the preeminent ska/punk bands. I believe ska reached its pinnacle (some may say "jumped the shark") when it went mainstream via the appearance of The Mighty-Mighty Bosstones in the 1995 cult classic Clueless.

Here is "Pleasure Bribe" from one of the great ska revival bands of that era, The Pietasters, off their classic album Oolooloo.


The Pietasters - "Pleasure Bribe" download here